East Texas / Piney Woods
Tyler County, Texas
A local guide to the county: the stories that give it a shape, practical checks, and a few things worth knowing before they surprise you. Every note points to its source.
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The practical part
Tyler County offices and deadlines
Appraisal district & tax office →
The Comptroller's official directory for Tyler County: who sets your value and who sends the bill.
Homestead exemption →
File Form 50-114 with the appraisal district. It is free. The regular deadline is April 30, and late filing is allowed for up to two years.
Protest your appraisal →
The usual deadline is May 15, or 30 days after your notice arrives, whichever is later.
Estimate a tax bill →
Model a bill from local rates, the homestead exemption, and the appraisal cap.
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A little of what makes this place itself
Tyler County · Fishing & Recreation
B.A. Steinhagen Lake: Fishing and Camping on the Neches River
B.A. Steinhagen Lake sits on the Tyler-Jasper County line and offers public fishing, camping, and wildlife viewing managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Tyler County · River Crossing
Rockland's Ferry Helped Surveyors Find the Neches
A 1920s federal river report located its gauge by Rockland's ferry and railroad bridge, preserving the old crossing in its field notes.
Tyler County · Courthouse Square
Woodville's Courthouse Kept Its Tower Through a New Deal Remodel
Woodville's courthouse pairs a surviving Victorian tower with the plainer exterior of a 1930s Works Progress Administration remodel.
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- Stories & local character Outdoors B.A. Steinhagen Lake: Fishing and Camping on the Neches River B.A. Steinhagen Lake sits on the Tyler-Jasper County line and offers public fishing, camping, and wildlife viewing managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
- Practical Outdoors Big Thicket National Preserve Has Trails in Tyler County The Turkey Creek Unit of Big Thicket National Preserve spans Tyler and Hardin counties and offers free hiking, backcountry camping, and fishing.
- Stories & local character History & Culture Rockland's Ferry Helped Surveyors Find the Neches A 1920s federal river report located its gauge by Rockland's ferry and railroad bridge, preserving the old crossing in its field notes.
- Practical Outdoors Public Hunting on the Angelina-Neches WMA The Angelina-Neches/Dam B Wildlife Management Area covers land in both Tyler and Jasper counties and is open to public hunters with the right permit.
- Stories & local character History & Culture Woodville's Courthouse Kept Its Tower Through a New Deal Remodel Woodville's courthouse pairs a surviving Victorian tower with the plainer exterior of a 1930s Works Progress Administration remodel.
- Practical Money & Taxes Who Taxes You in Tyler County — and How Much Several taxing entities (school districts, the county, and special districts) each add their own rate to your property tax bill in Tyler County.
- Stories & local character Outdoors Beech Creek Turns an Old Dirt Road Into a Six-Mile Forest Walk The Beech Creek Unit pairs a one-mile loop with an unmaintained old road into spring-fed Big Thicket woods east of Woodville.
- Stories & local character History & Culture Colmesneil's Namesake Built His Porch Toward the Trains The town's namesake was a railroad conductor, and local legend says his 1883 house faced the tracks so he could watch trains from the porch.
- Stories & local character History & Culture A Road Grew Up Around Enloe Mill Trips to a water-powered mill west of Colmesneil helped form Boone's Ferry Road, one of early Tyler County's main routes.
- Stories & local character History & Culture Peach Tree Village Was a Crossroads Before Chester Had Rails North of Chester, Peach Tree Village was an Alabama settlement where long trails crossed on their way across Texas and Louisiana.
- Stories & local character History & Culture Tyler County Grew Up on Timber, Not Oil Tyler County was built by the timber industry in the late 1800s, with railroads and sawmills turning it into one of East Texas's busiest logging areas.
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